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Sentencing consultation
Taking into account the credit – the reduction given for people who admit offences – that had to be given to Durrant for his guilty plea, the sentence of eight months imprisonment was towards the maximum possible within the guidelines for an offence of assaulting an emergency worker.
The current maximum custodial sentence stands at 12 months.
A sentencing guideline – the non-binding structure within which judges follow in the majority of cases when deciding the fate of defendants – is currently under consultation for assaults on emergency workers.
The draft maintains the one year’s custody as a maximum sentence, which will typically only be applied in cases with the highest culpability and highest level of harm. ....

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